Electronic manufacturing cluster to be set up in Odisha

The Odisha government is setting up a Greenfield Electronic Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) at Khurda district of the state that would house over 100 electronics manufacturing units.

The cost of the project is estimated at over Rs 200 crore. The aggregate investment in the cluster is projected to be close to Rs 1000 crore, which includes investment by individual units in plant, machinery and park infrastructure.

Under the Electronic Manufacturing Clusters Scheme of Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Government of India, the state government is establishing it in association with IESA (India Electronics and Semiconductor Association), the premier trade body representing the Indian electronic system design and manufacturing (ESDM) industry. The project will generate 10,000-12,000 jobs. Vishal Kumar Dev, CMD, IDCO (Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation) said, “The state government is committed towards the development of the ESDM sector and both IDCO & OCAC (Odisha Computer Application Centre) are lending admirable support for the project. Also, the recently announced state IT policy-2014 will provide attractive incentives for the sector.”

The proposed Greenfield cluster will encompass common facilities for production support services like tool room, test and measurement labs, incubation centre, training centre, and would also have provisions for common infrastructure support such as power, water and ETP for the investors.